Railbirds Etiquette

[McChance]

Originally Posted by ViperHawk

Etiquette (Manners) at the poker tables is as important as knowing how to play poker itself. You may be a good or even a great player, but if you display poor sportsmanship then your image as a good/great player is destroyed. The other players will give you no respect and hence, will try to knock you out of the game the first chance they get.
If on the other hand, you display a good image and show good sportsmanship, other players will give you the earned respect and you may even find it easier to get that hand you’re bluffing.
I have compiled a short list for online poker etiquette. Feel free to add to the list.

1. No Name Calling: So what if you’re Ad Ah just lost to 7c 2c. (Flop 7d 7s 2h) Accept it, it happens, just remember, it’s poker. Congratulate the winner and move on.
2. Don’t belittle other players and don’t be rude: Some heckling is acceptable if done tastefully. Ask that player “How can you call half your stack with 7c 2c?” Tell him/her you’re going to keep an eye on them. “Maybe I’ll see what you saw in a 7c 2c bet!!” “You sure seem to know what you’re doing!” Don’t over do it.
3. After you’ve lost all your chips, go away from the table. Don’t hang around bothering/heckling other players.
4. If you’re not in the hand, KEEP QUIET! If you mucked 7c 2c preflop and the flop comes 7d 7s 2h, don’t blurt out that you would have had a full house! Everyone will know that it's unlikely that any player still in the hand has the full house, making it hard to bluff and represent that hand.
5. Don’t delay the game. Bet, Call or Fold! If you leave the computer, click to sit out next hand. Don’t make everyone wait for the timer on you to run out. If you do get upset/mad, sit out a couple of hands and cool down. If another player is bothering you and won’t quit after being asked, turn off their chat! You can’t answer what you don’t see. Let them know that you have “blocked” their chat.

Just remember there are a lot of bad players (FISH) online and those that think they can say or do whatever they want.

And Finally: When playing with FISH, don’t tap on the aquarium!! You'll scare the fish!

ViperHawk

Great post Viper! Well said and yes..It's all about behavior

Love the aquarium reference btw

[kwobfan23]

haha everyone has there few outbursts but ya be cool bout it

[Makool]

Surely though you are entitiled to take as much time as you are given to think about folding your hand? I agree that some people over do it but sometimes a decision can be hard to make

[mrzzz]

I yak all the time but never say anything about how stupid I think someone played a hand. However, my wife has heard me.LOL

If I get beat, I might say "Sunny beach!", But who doesn't like the beach?

I end almost every tourney I play in w/"GG me."

[xxxoutlawxx]

Originally Posted by timspade

Thank you....great advice - i know I have been sucked in and lost my cool a couple times.. Thanks again.

no beat really bothers me much anymore since i lost with quad fives to quad sixes in casino niagra in canada but great advice that mightve been the best thing thats happened to me

[xxxoutlawxx]

Originally Posted by mrzzz

I yak all the time but never say anything about how stupid I think someone played a hand. However, my wife has heard me.LOL

If I get beat, I might say "Sunny beach!", But who doesn't like the beach?

I end almost every tourney I play in w/"GG me."

how bout saying oh sugar instead of oh sh*t lol that might work too

[RamBone]

MORE PEPOLE NEED TO USE THIS IN THER GAME I HAVE BEEN SEING A LOT OF FOUL TALK CAUSE I MAY HAVE SPELLED SOME THING WRONG OR WANT EVER I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF TRASH TALK THAT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE TABLES SO PLEAS BE NICE TO ALL TY RamBone

Originally Posted by ViperHawk

Etiquette (Manners) at the poker tables is as important as knowing how to play poker itself. You may be a good or even a great player, but if you display poor sportsmanship then your image as a good/great player is destroyed. The other players will give you no respect and hence, will try to knock you out of the game the first chance they get.
If on the other hand, you display a good image and show good sportsmanship, other players will give you the earned respect and you may even find it easier to get that hand you’re bluffing.
I have compiled a short list for online poker etiquette. Feel free to add to the list.

1. No Name Calling: So what if you’re Ad Ah just lost to 7c 2c. (Flop 7d 7s 2h) Accept it, it happens, just remember, it’s poker. Congratulate the winner and move on.
2. Don’t belittle other players and don’t be rude: Some heckling is acceptable if done tastefully. Ask that player “How can you call half your stack with 7c 2c?” Tell him/her you’re going to keep an eye on them. “Maybe I’ll see what you saw in a 7c 2c bet!!” “You sure seem to know what you’re doing!” Don’t over do it.
3. After you’ve lost all your chips, go away from the table. Don’t hang around bothering/heckling other players.
4. If you’re not in the hand, KEEP QUIET! If you mucked 7c 2c preflop and the flop comes 7d 7s 2h, don’t blurt out that you would have had a full house! Everyone will know that it's unlikely that any player still in the hand has the full house, making it hard to bluff and represent that hand.
5. Don’t delay the game. Bet, Call or Fold! If you leave the computer, click to sit out next hand. Don’t make everyone wait for the timer on you to run out. If you do get upset/mad, sit out a couple of hands and cool down. If another player is bothering you and won’t quit after being asked, turn off their chat! You can’t answer what you don’t see. Let them know that you have “blocked” their chat.

Just remember there are a lot of bad players (FISH) online and those that think they can say or do whatever they want.

And Finally: When playing with FISH, don’t tap on the aquarium!! You'll scare the fish!

ViperHawk

[tonypoker23]

great thread, thanks for the advice

[bishop0]

agreed very nice and helpful to all lol

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